3 escaped Georgia inmates captured in South Florida

Three escaped inmates from Georgia were arrested in South Florida early Tuesday morning, FBI Miami announced in a news release.

Naod Yohannes, 25, Stevenson Charles, 24 and Yusuf Minor, 31, escaped from a DeKalb County, Ga., jail on Monday.

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The trio was arrested without incident in Broward County, Fla., early Tuesday morning, the FBI said. They are currently in federal custody and face federal charges related to the alleged kidnapping of a ride-share driver during their escape.

The inmates were able to “compromise” a portion of a cell inside the DeKalb County Jail to make their escape, DeKalb County Chief Deputy Temetris Atkins said during a Tuesday news conference. He didn’t provide more specifics because jailers don’t want other inmates to know the facility’s weaknesses…

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